Dijon

"Dijon (AFI: /di/) o Dijón (AFI: /dixn/) es una ciudad del este de Francia, capital de la región de Borgoña-Franco Condado e históricamente del antiguo Ducado de Borgoña. Está situada en el centro del departamento de Côte d'Or, a orillas del río Ouche y no lejos del nacimiento del Sena. En 2008 la población de la ciudad era de 151 576 habitantes, convirtiéndose desde ese año en la 17.ª ciudad más poblada de Francia. El área metropolitana de Dijon o «Grand Dijon», que en 2000 tomó la forma de una «communauté d'agglomération», es decir una estructura intermunicipal con fiscalidad propia, tenía 244 577 habitantes en ese año."

"Dijon (French pronunciation: [di] ) is a city in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named Divio, located on the road from Lyon to Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries and Dijon was a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning and science. Population (2008): 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 (2007) for the greater Dijon area. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited town houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Dijon architecture is distinguished by, among other things, toits bourguignons (Burgundian polychrome roofs) made of tiles glazed in terracotta, green, yellow and black and arranged in geometric patterns. Dijon holds an International and Gastronomic Fair every year in autumn. With over 500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors every year, it is one of the ten most important fairs in France. Dijon is also home, every three years, to the international flower show Florissimo. Dijon is famous for Dijon mustard which originated in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted verjuice, the acidic "green" juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for vinegar in the traditional mustard recipe. The historical center of the city has been registered since July 4, 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage site."